The head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, said that the US is “ready” for war with China. This was a reaction to Beijing’s statement that it was ready for “any war with the United States” after Washington increased tariffs on Chinese goods. informs New York Post.
“We are ready. Those who seek peace must prepare for war. That is why we are rebuilding our military. We live in a dangerous world with powerful developing countries with very different ideologies. They are rapidly increasing defense spending, modern technology, they want to supplant U.S. If we want to deter war with the Chinese or others, we have to be strong.” Hegset emphasized.
Earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jiang said that if the US really wants to solve the problem of drug entry into the country, it should cooperate with China on the basis of equal dialogue.
“If war is what the United States wants, whether it’s a tariff war, a trade war, or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight to the end.” – noted in the Chinese diplomatic office.
We will remind that on March 4, US President Donald Trump’s new 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as the doubling of tariffs on Chinese goods to 20%, came into force.
